Word: flints
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...They used to go upstairs with a candle and that was the only light to get dressed or go to bed by. Drafts in the house were always blowing out the candles, and since there were no matches, it took about five minutes to get a spark by using flint and tinder. Some conservationists will only be satisfied if they can freeze to death in the dark, but sensible control is still very important...
...Crimson offense finally clicked at 14:35, as Charlie Flint, taking a pass from Lyman Bullard, bounced a drive off the leg of the Bruin goaltender into...
Harvard started quickly, with Charlie Flint collecting the first goal of the game at 2:09 of the first period. After spotting the Huron squad two goals in the next four minutes for a 2-1 lead the Crimson settled down into a tight-checking defensive game, holding Huron scoreless the rest of the way while scoring six unanswered goals of their...
...between the Chinese and French governments, begun by ex-Culture Minister André Malraux and finished in detail by a group of orientalists headed by Vadime Elisseeff, chief curator of the Musée Cernuschi in Paris. Encyclopedic in scope-the objects on display range from rudimentary quartz and flint scrapers used by Peking Man in 500,000 B.C. to the exquisite porcelains and silver toilet articles of the Yuan dynasty, which ended in A.D. 1368-it is intelligently mounted, with unobtrusive panels of photos, documents and information: an ideal teaching show, in fact. But unlike most didactic exhibitions...
John Muzik, a tall, amiable 34-year-old toolmaker from Flint, Mich., built the car in his garage, spending more than $9,000 to produce a vehicle worth $20,000. The prize money that he wins for best custom car at the shows (roughly $500 each time) pays most of his expenses, and he has the car booked for exhibitions almost every weekend through June. "But the real joy is building the damn thing," says Muzik, running his polish rag over a thumbprint on the body. "It sure is a beautiful machine. I don't race it too often...